Notes on the Front

Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU

Month: August 2011

  • If an Economic Tree Falls, Does It Make a Sound?

    Gene Kerrigan is a litle dubious about claims of Ireland’s ‘unexpected economic recovery’. The article by David Vines and Max Watson of Oxford University, which first appeared in the Financial…


  • Investing in Another, Better Future

    What if we bought a modern telecommunications system, bringing Next Generation Broadband to every household and business in the country? What if we purchased a state-of-the-art waste and water system…


  • Time to Start Working on Plan B

    The recent Central Bank quarterly report confirms (as if we needed confirmation) that the economy remains in slow bleed mode. That they have revised downwards key domestic indicators is in…


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